Sentences with phrase «federal tax dollars for»

Spellings: Congress had appropriated federal tax dollars for the Ready to Learn program with the goal of helping to prepare pre-school students for school in an age - appropriate way.

Forty - seven percent of respondents said that they oppose using federal tax dollars for «experiments» requiring that «live embryos... be destroyed in their first week of development.»

Not exact matches

Progress to overhaul the U.S. tax system and President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Federal Reserve could be two major events that lead to weakness for the dollar, according to one currency expert.

Remember, your 401 (k) plan or traditional individual retirement account is tax - deferred money — meaning, for every dollar you take out, you will owe taxes (federal and state).

For residents in 26 states and in D.C., the combination of state and federal taxes take at least one in five dollars they earn over the course of the year.

Once you take a pretax retirement account, such as a traditional IRA, and convert that account to a Roth IRA, you are subjecting your retirement dollars to both federal and state income taxes today in return for the promise of tax - free income during retirement.

Almost six in 10 adults (57 %) say they would be willing to pay one dollar more per week in taxes to increase federal funding for the scientific research into the causes and treatment of pain.

Weakness in the U.S. currency rather than factors on the Canadian side are likely to be the primary catalyst for a slide in USD / CAD, according to BMO's global head of foreign - exchange strategy Greg Anderson, who cited a market that's gotten ahead of itself with regard to Federal Reserve tightening and a tax proposal that's likely to be dollar negative.

But states such as North Dakota, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana get more than two dollars back in federal spending for every dollar in taxes.

But if the state issued a dollar - for - dollar state tax credit for charitable contributions made to, say, the state's general infrastructure fund, the first $ 6,000 donated, though reducing state tax liability by $ 6,000, does nothing to lower federal taxes owed because the taxpayer would still take the standard deduction.

[fn.3] Since the starting point for many state income tax calculations is either federal adjusted gross income or federal taxable income, a dollar - for - dollar tax credit might lose the state revenue.

For instance, during the recent stimulus bill, Billions of dollars in federal tax dollars were diverted to states to cover budget shortfalls, which had the indirect effect of preventing municipalities from declaring bankruptcy.

You can add another $ 800 billion a year if you budget for future commitments, such as the future cost of pensions for our current standing military, so while the Defense appropriation is $ 640 billion, the actual cost to tax payers has been estimated at $ 1.7 trillion dollars each year — about 40 % of the annual Federal budget.

Remember — all your southern redneck states are net consumers of federal taxes — for every dollar they pay in taxes, they get a buttload more back in aid.

Tranter began working at Friends of the Parks in 1980, around the time that the federal government sued the Chicago Park District for spending an unfair amount of tax dollars in powerful, white neighborhoods instead of minority communities, she said.

2001 FRAC helps lead anti-poverty and anti-hunger groups in obtaining tens of billions of dollars in refundable tax credits for low - income working families with children in federal tax legislation.

As residents in high - tax states brace for bigger tax bills under the recently passed federal tax overhaul, a New Jersey congressman is pushing local governments to adopt a strategy that could save homeowners thousands of dollars.

Loss of a few dollar's in SALT isn't going to make that happen so then why are federal taxes going up for anyone?

New York's multi-billion dollar Medicaid program is paid for by state, county and federal taxes.

LIHC provides a dollar - for - dollar reduction in federal income tax liability for project owners who develop rental housing that serves low - income households with incomes up to 60 % of area median income.

The report found the state receives 84 cents for every dollar it has sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016, a wider gap than three years previously.

And then (this part is new and part of Paladino's pre-primary media blitz), the focus turns to the «former liberal Congressman Rick Lazio,» who «voted for higher taxes and increased federal spending» and «took a $ 1.6 million bonus from a huge Wall Street bank getting a $ 25 billion - dollar taxpayer - financed bailout.

DiNapoli said the state received 84 cents for every dollar it sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016.

The elder Mr. Kushner built the family's real estate business into a multibillion - dollar empire of apartments and land until he was sent to federal prison in 2005 for tax evasion, witness tampering and illegal campaign donations, many of them to Democratic candidates.

The town's Democratic committee is looking for a successor to Gerard Terry, who resigned last week as party chairman after Newsday reported he had collected $ 1.4 million in federal and state tax debts while receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in public work.

If the US government does provide the same degree of federal funding does this mean that a territory is always costing more in tax dollars then provided, and if so what is the incentive for The US to take on territories?

Longtime Democratic operative Gerard Terry has stepped down as the attorney for the Roosevelt Public Library Board after Newsday reported that he collected nearly $ 1.4 million in federal and state tax debts while making hundreds of thousands of dollars in government jobs.

Now, a New York assemblyman from the Hudson Valley has written to the governor, opposing the use of state tax dollars to pay for sanctuary cities to litigate against the federal government or to replace withheld federal funding.

He says they'd have to pay $ 294 more dollars in additional federal pay roll taxes, nearly $ 3000 in additional state and federal personal income taxes, and would receive $ 1300 less in earned income tax credits for the working poor.

FAIR LAWN, N.J. — As residents in high - tax states brace for bigger tax bills under the recently passed federal tax overhaul, a New Jersey congressman is pushing local governments to adopt a strategy that could save homeowners thousands of dollars.

Allow individual taxpayers to take a dollar for dollar deduction from their federal income taxes for state taxes paid.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said the state already gets back only 83 cents for every dollar in federal tax paid.

Another concern: To maximize state savings, agencies may overlook people in jobs that are paid for by federal rather than New York tax dollars.

«The charitable deduction could work on the local level but again, it's not dollar for dollar and it's not a perfect situation, but a local government could set up a charity for education, could set up a charity for health care, you make a contribution to the charity you get a federal tax deduction and you get a state credit for the amount you contributed.»

The co-op, Health Republic Insurance of New York, was one of the member - owned and - operated not - for - profit insurance companies created with federal tax dollars through the federal Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.

New York State received 84 cents for every dollar it sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016, a wider gap than three years before, according to a report released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Assemblyman Kevin Byrne added: «Last week during our transportation budget hearing, Senate Finance Chairwoman Sen. Cathy Young rightfully asked NYS DOT Commissioner Karas if our state would be facing any federal penalties for its illegal I Love NY signs, which Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo has already spent $ 8.1 million of your hard - earned tax dollars on.

Other reforms Hawkins is calling for include a windfall tax on pharmaceutical companies» opioid wealth, a surtax on high - dollar pass - through income from LLCs and other pass - through vehicles, a clawback of the new federal tax cuts if not used to increase workers» pay, home rule for local income taxes, and tax credit «circuit breakers» to protect low - to - moderate income tenants and homeowners from unaffordable rents and property taxes.

Cuomo didn't offer more details about the plan, which would rely on existing federal and state financial aid programs, while adding $ 163 million in state tax dollars for Excelsior Scholarships that pay for tuition costs not covered by the traditional aid programs.

«What's happening in West Seneca is unacceptable, but many of their costs stem from maintaining an aging and out of date infrastructure, and for that we need voices in Washington advocating a return on investment of our federal tax dollars.

Filled with new spending and over one trillion dollars in tax increases, his proposal once again fails to balance the budget and continues to borrow 25 cents for every dollar the federal government spends.

Some people say the beach restoration work, which will largely be paid for with federal tax dollars, will mostly help to protect expensive homes for the wealthy — people who have free access to the beach — while most communities would still be charging fees for public access.

On the day before school was to open that year, federal district court judge Solomon Oliver struck down the program, ruling that the use of tax dollars to pay for children to attend religious schools offends the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

Ironically, the federal dollars arrived before the recession - induced fiscal crunch hit local revenues from local property taxes, as it takes a year or two, sometimes longer, for depressed property to be assessed at its new, lower value.

«I can tell you this — if you gave the American people a choice today between using federal dollars to renovate and build new public schools or using public tax dollars to pay for private school vouchers, there would be no question how the American people would vote,» asserted U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley in a speech made when the report was released.

When combined with a federal tax loophole that allows taxpayers to receive a federal deduction on a dollar - for - dollar state tax credit, 10 of these states» credits are so lucrative that they allow some upper - income taxpayers to turn a profit (at federal taxpayer expense) on contributions they make to fund private school vouchers.

«The end result is the same — federal tax dollars going to private schools,» said Sasha Pudelski, assistant director for policy and advocacy at AASA, The School Superintendents Association, who called the program «a backdoor voucher.»

During this reauthorization process, NSBA has worked closely with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to advocate for a modernized education law that affirms the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

During the reauthorization process, there was a collective effort by NSBA and local school board members to advocate before Members of Congress for a modernized education law that underscores the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

«Those options do not divert federal dollars to non-public schools as vouchers and tuition tax credits do, and are effective in expanding opportunities for students and can help schools in their efforts to serve our nation's 50 million public school students.»